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Big Data: An Opportunity for Data Scientists & Data Analysts

Tom Spencer

Data is information organized in a form that can be efficiently used by people or computers to make decisions. Prateek Natani is an Associate Consultant at KPMG, and completed a Computer Science Engineering degree in June 2020. Data Proliferation. Required Skills.

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Transformational Leadership: Changing Culture to Fuel Financial Success

Organizational Talent Consulting

Company cultures centered on efficiency thinking have flooded the marketplace with low-cost, widely available products and resulted in tremendous waste and social issues (Brown, 2009). Demographic turning points for the United States: Population projections for 2020 to 2060. Journal of Business Research, 62(7), 673-679. Manyika, J.,

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Sustainable Aviation: Emerging Trends and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

These include offsetting greenhouse gas production by purchasing carbon credits, investing in more efficient gas turbine engines, using sustainable aviation fuel, and manufacturing with novel materials and 3D printing methods. The funds from these credits go towards financing various sustainability projects. The Aviation Market.

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Clean Energy Transition: Business Risks and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

Wood was not necessarily phased out, as much as just naturally replaced by coal, which represented a more efficient and denser source of energy. This will increase energy use efficiency, make it possible to incorporate intermittent renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power, and effectively manage fluctuating energy demand.

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What are the potential risks of digital currency?

Tom Spencer

As of September 2020, there were more than 3,400 cryptocurrencies. In 2017, initial coin offerings (ICOs) were also banned in China as a form of “public financing without approval”. However, confidence could be shaken if central banks print too much of them, or if user privacy is violated. Loss of privacy. Acts of God.

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How Companies Are Already Using AI

Harvard Business

My own firm released a survey recently of 835 large companies (with an average revenue of $20 billion) that predicts a net job loss of between 4% and 7% in key business functions by the year 2020 due to AI. Yet our research also found that, in the shorter term, these fears may be overblown.

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What to Know Before You Sign a Payment-by-Results Contract

Harvard Business

recently announced that its members are committing to transform 75% of their contracts into pay-for-performance models by 2020. And providers want the flexibility to deliver outcomes in the best, most innovative, and most efficient way possible without being micromanaged by the customer.